Garbage-wagon.



L. F. MARTIN.

GARBAGE WAGON. APPLICATION FILED :uw la, ma.

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L. F. MARTIN.

GARBAGE WAGON.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 13| 1913.

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A TTUHA/ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.. 13, 1915..

Application ld J' 1113r 18, 11913. Serial No. 779,714.

T all lwhom it may concern Be it known that ll, LAWRENCE F. MARTIN,

\ a citizen of the United States, and resident of Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garbage-Wagons,

of which the following is a description, ref- All() erence being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part o-f this specication.

This invention relates to improvements in garbage wagons.`

lt is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a garbage wagon having separate compartments for containing wet and dry garbage which may be independently handled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garbage wagon in which the wet garbage compartment is constructed in a novel manner to form water tight joints to prevent leakagev of the moisture from the garbage contained therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garbage'wagon in which the discharge door of .the wet compartment is so constructed that it may be easily opened and closed and when closed the joints of the door and the casing are formed water tight.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garbage wagon in which the securing means for the doors of the compartments are located exteriorly of said compartments so that the contents of the compartment cannot in any manner injure the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garbage wagon of simple construction which is strong and durable and is well adapted for the purpose desired.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists of the improved garbage wagon and 'its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof. v

In the accompanying drawings in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views: Figure l is a side, View ofgthe body portion of the improved garbage wagon; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View thereof; Fig. 3 is a rear end View of the body portion; and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 1 -4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 8 indicates the bottom portion of the wagon, 9 the sideboards thereof, 10 the front end portion and 11 the top. The upper forward portion of the body is provided with a seat 12 and a foot rest 13 and the lower side portions of the body are provided with steps 14 for convenience 4in reaching the upper portlon of the wagon body and the seat. The

'box body is divided medially by a fixed transverse partition 15 to form a forward compartment 16 for dry garbage and a rear compartment 17 for wet garbage, the front, sides and bottom portions of the wet garbage compartment being lined with sheet metal 18 to form a water tight inclosure. The upper portion of the dry garbage compartment 1,6 1s inclosed by a plurality of hinged doors 19 and the wet garbage compartment is similarly closed by hinged coversx20.

The rear end or tail board of the wet garbage compartment is in the form of a door or gate 21which is pivoted at its upper end to the side portions 9 of the body by angled pivot bars A rubber sealing strip 23 secured tothe body and interposed between the body and the lower and side edges of the tail-board door or gate 21. serves to form a water tight connection between the parts mentioned. ln order to permit the tailboard door to be tightly clamped in position the angled pivot b ars 22 extend through slots 24 in the side portions 9 and locking means comprising threaded rods 25 extending vertically through reinforcing members or timbers 26 have a threaded engagement with a bottom locking member or a metal bar 26 positioned beneath and carried by the bottom portion of the body. The upper ends of the threaded rods are bent to form cranked portions for convenience in turning the rod into and out of threaded engagement with said bottom locking member or metal bar 26. The side portions of the body may also be drawn tightly into engagement with the tail-board door by transversely extending locking means comprising bolts 27 which eX- tend through the sides 9, the reinforcing members or timbers 26 and are threaded into one of the locking members or brace bars 28 forming part of the sides 9. rllhe brace bars 28 have threaded lower ends which pass through apertures in the bar 26 to which they are secured by nuts 28.

The dry garbage is discharged from its compartment 16 through the side doors l29 which are hinged at their upper edge portions to the sides 9 and are provided with bolts 30 for securing their lower edge portions. 'lhese locking bolts 30 are pvotally and slidably carried by locking members 31 which are fulcrumed on the doors and are provided with horizontally projecting arms 32 to Which the bolts are connected and also with depending handles 33 for swinging the same. The lower ends of the bolts lockingly engage plates 34: projecting horizontally from the bottom portion of the body.

In use the dry garbage and the Wet garbage are lplaced vin their respective compartments through the upper doors and are discharged through the side and tail-board doors.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the improved garbage Wagon is of simple construction, is strong and durable and is Well adapted for the purpose desired.

V"What I claim asmy invention is:

I. 'In a garbage Wagon, a compartment having/sides and a bottom, an end gate pivotally secured to said sides and-having reinforcingmembers secured thereto, a locking member disposed adjacent the bottom of said compartment, locking, means pass' ing through -said reinforcing members and -connected -to said lockingv member to lock said gate to the bottom of said compartment, locking members disposed adjacent the sides of the compartment and secured to the bottom locking member, and locking means passing through said reinforcing members and connected to said side locking members to lock said gate to the sides of said compartment.

2. In a garbage Wagon, the combination With a compartment having sides and a bottom, of an end gate pivotally secured to said sides, means for locking said gate to the sides of the compartment comprising a brace bar adjacent one side` of the compartment and transversely extending bolts passing through the sides of the compartment and said gate and having threaded engagement with said brace bar, and means for locking the gate -to the bottom of the compartment comprising a bar disposed adjacent said bottom and a 'plurality of rods passing through said gate and bottom and having' threaded enga ement with saidbar. j

n testimony whereof, I aiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

j LAWRENCE F. MARTIN. Witnesses:

WM. T, MARX. y ROBERT V. BAKER. 

